![]() ![]() For one thing, Summer is disappointingly underutilized, considering most of her storyline unfolds offscreen. There are really only a handful of quibbles to be found with the Season 5 premiere. Rick and Morty may not be heavy on narrative continuity, but there’s enough to get a sense that these characters are growing and evolving with time (if not always in the most healthy directions). It’s nice to see the show actually building on their recent reconciliation rather than reverting back to the old “Beth despises Jerry” status quo. “Mort Dinner With Andre” even finds room for a solid, entertaining subplot involving Beth and Jerry trying to rekindle the fires of romance. He combines the campiness of a pre-Jason Momoa Aquaman with the arrogance and general horniness of Namor. This flamboyant fusion of Aquaman and Namor is a hilarious addition to the show’s lineup of eccentric supporting characters. This episode also gets great mileage out of Rick’s nemesis Mr. His utter disinterest in the consequences of his actions winds up creating a conflict that’s as hilarious as it is psychologically bleak. At the same time, it becomes painfully apparent just how much of Rick has rubbed off on Morty over the years. We get to see him stand on his own and how far he’s come from the timid little dork he was in the early seasons. The result is basically everything you could want out of a Morty adventure. Instead, Rick’s dinner with an old “friend” serves as a loose backbone for what turns out to be a very Morty-centric episode. It might be fun to see what this series could do by locking two characters in a room and forcing them to talk for 22 minutes straight, but you’d also miss out on all the sci-fi zaniness that makes this series what it is. It’s probably just as well this episode only makes a halfhearted attempt at mimicking the source material. ![]() We had good homages to pop culture, some fun sci-fi scenarios, fantastic character design for both the Transformers and Hellraiser ripoffs, and the hints of some character development sprinkled throughout.“Mort Dinner Rick Andre” is ostensibly a parody of 1981’s My Dinner With Andre, a film co-creator Dan Harmon also famously parodied in an episode of Community: Season 2. In the end, this was a perfectly fine episode of Rick and Morty. And yet, the moment the car suggests that they throw Chutback under the bus, Summer and Morty do the right thing for once, perhaps showing that this is a younger Morty than the one we knew, or simply that there is still some innocence in this teenager. ![]() This falls in line with the past few episodes, which have shown that Morty has become desensitized to violence after so many adventures with Rick. On the one hand, the vast majority of the episode plays into the idea that Morty is no longer the moral compass of the show, as he easily goes along with Summer's terrorizing of innocent mailbox people, and doesn't seem to object to the car massacring the Changebots. In terms of change, Morty is a bit of an enigma, which may fall into the Evil Morty theory. For the past two seasons we've seen Rick go through some devastating losses, including the respect of everyone he supposedly doesn't care about, so would it be impossible that the smartest man in the universe could finally succumb to self-hatred and lose confidence in his intelligence? The episode, written by Anne Lane (who joined the staff last season), doesn't offer concrete answers but nevertheless hints at an exciting future for the show. There's a theory out there that tries to explain away season 5 as being a sort of origin story for the recurring villain, but even if that fantastic pull of the rug doesn't end up being true, the moment Rick is forced to be sincere for once and say that he sort of loves Jerry may prove a different theory - that this is still our regular Rick, and he's actually changed. When they all eventually get captured and sent straight to hell, Rick finds himself kind of in over his head and not entirely confident his plan will work, something rare for the character.Īnd that's where the Evil Morty theory comes in. Chris Parnell may not sing Smashmouth, but he gives a great performance as we see Jerry go from sheer excitement as getting all the attention at the bar full of cenobites, to being utterly devastated to discover it was all a ruse. While Jerry has long been the butt of the joke in Rick and Morty, he's also the show's biggest secret weapon when used in small chunks, like in this episode. RELATED: 'Rick and Morty' Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: The Show Is Smarter Than This ![]()
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